Procter & Gamble 4Q Net Up 33% On Product-Price Hikes
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August 05, 2008: 07:56 AM EST
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Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) posted a 33% jump in fiscal fourth-quarter net income as the consumer-products giant’s price hikes on several products and cost-savings measures offset rising commodity prices.
But the maker of Pampers diapers and Olay beauty products sees commodity costs in the new fiscal year [...]
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NIIT Technologies Receives Top Honors in the Black Book of Outsourcing (Centre Daily Times)
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NIIT Technologies Ltd, the global IT services provider headquartered in New Delhi, was ranked No. 1 in the prestigious Black Book of Outsourcing 2008 Travel Industry user survey. The survey covers contracts held by 1200 of the top airlines, hotel chains, cargo companies and other travel corporations globally.
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IT Matters: Robinsons developing 7 business process outsourcing sites (BusinessWorld Online)
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ROBINSONS LAND CORP. is developing seven business process outsourcing and call center sites this year, as it takes advantage of call centers’ expansion into the provinces.
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NIIT Technologies Receives Top Honors in the Black Book of Outsourcing (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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NEW DELHI—-NIIT Technologies Ltd, the global IT services provider headquartered in New Delhi, was ranked No. 1 in the prestigious Black Book of Outsourcing 2008 Travel Industry user survey.
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IBM Signs Strategic Outsourcing Services Agreements in South America (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
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IBM today announced it has signed two strategic outsourcing contracts in emerging markets of South America.
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General Physics Corporation Again Named One of Top 20 Companies in the Training Outsourcing Industry (Centre Daily Times)
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Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), announced today that it has been named one of the Top 20 Companies in the Training Outsourcing Industry by Training Industry, Inc.
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Hyderabad fast emerging as formulation outsourcing hub (PharmaBiz)
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Hyderabad, the bulk dug capital of the country, is rapidly emerging as the favourable destination for the formulations outsourcing centre to the domestic as well as overseas companies.
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WNS Announces multi-year $1 billion BPO contract with Aviva (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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NEW YORK & SINGAPORE & MUMBAI, India—-WNS Limited , a leading provider of global business process outsourcing services, today announced it has entered into a transaction with Aviva, the world’s fifth largest insurance group with $95 billion revenue in 20071.
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UK & World News: Row over public service outsourcing (icNewcastle – Sunday Sun)
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The Government is on a fresh collision course with trade unions over a report it commissioned that recommended more outsourcing of public services to private and voluntary organisations.
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Thursday’s tips round-up: Interserve, LSE, Big Yelloq (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
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Interserve’s shares at an earnings multiple of just 8 times, compared with the likes of peers Capita and Connaught on 14 times, look very tasty. There is still time for investors to do well from Interserve and, indeed, the rest of the outsourcing sector. Buy, says the Independent. The Times says hold Interserve.
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